The rules are 18 or older.

 

Yup, 18... Sorry, this was a long winded way of saying I support the "18" rule - but i ran out of time in editting my post to type that statement in

Another thing... I misstated the age of consent in New York as 14, but checking online I see the age of consent is 17.

 

Actually, found the rule finally - it's under Rules at the top of the Forum page, not linked on the 'sexstories.com' page which is why people probably miss seeing it.

"5. You may not post any text featuring sexual character under 18 years old."

But people are still breaking it right and left, posting stories with underage kids.

 

That would lead one to believe that the site is currently not being reviewed by anyone, that any story can get posted there and it will not be immediately removed. But, one does take a chance in breaking said rules.

 

This problem isn't going away - I still run into quite a few stories that feature underage characters. Most recently I saw the posting of ch. 9, 10, 11 and 12 of a series entitled "Grandpa's milk". Apparently it's been around for a while, with no take down. Looking back through the "latest" list, there have been other stories posted that feature underage characters involved in sexual acts, that still remain to this day.

 

So, you reported them right? Both here on the forum and in the stories section are buttons with each post to be able to report it for review by a moderator. Great, so you found one....The question is, what did you do about it? YOUR actions speak louder than any words you might post.

Hush....an alias

 

That may show the views of the readership of the stories site. Think about it spam on the forum is reported quickly while other things go unreported for awhile if at all. Yet if this was as popular with the readership as it's made out underage stories would be reported as quickly as spam. Yet underage stories are constantly going unreported.

 

Reports ARE responded to.

I reported a story for intellectual rights violation and it disappeared relatively quickly.

 

Personnally, I do not agree with censoring creativity with rules. I may not enjoy seeing such stories, I do applaud such writers when I see they have a talent for writing. I may not care to read a blog about fashion but if I came across something WELL written by the same person, on another topic - I would at least give their blog a perusal, simply because I like to see talent expressed well.

Policing is some else's job, on this board. I come here as a reader, not as an enforcer of a polical agenda or moral vendetta. If enforcement were followed thru on those grounds more strenuously, none of these adult stories would have ever been allowed to be published - there are too many groups out there who see any adult story as porn, and would push to take down sites like this.

My point of my original post is: Who are the rules trying to appease?

Legal age varies, from state to state, and from country to country. Age of consent varies even with each municipality and country. Age of consent varies whether a person is married or not, and whether they are male or female.

Since this is a board on the internet, with international (and now inter-planetary) reach.... Why set the age of characters at only 18?- Is that meant to protect the board, the writer or the readers? 18 only is "safe" if we're worried about U.S. federal authorities...but not European or Asian or Arabian? Readers are in violation of some local laws if reading stories about children having sex, in some countries. "18" does nothing to protect them. Saying "18" is a legal age is not correct... and gives a false sense of security.

If the feds decide this is a pedophile site (and they could declare it so at any time), everyone registered on this board can be held and charged in promoting pedophilia simply by association. Same is true of any country that declares xnxx as such. Not unless the site applies an aggressive policy towards removal of stories involving children and underage (young) persons without relying on users reporting such stories. If I were prosecuting the administrators of this board, that would be my strategy. The "We didn't know" would be right up there with "the dog ate my homework" for ridicous excuses when discussions like this have gone on for some time, involving readers, writers, current and former administrative personnel.

 

Ahh...so now it is about "censorship", IOW, I disagree, yet leave them up there *wink-wink*......and it is your job if you are a "member of this community." If you are not, so it is not your job, then you are just a visitor, so you get what they generously let you view and your opinion means nothing so detached.

Hush....an alias

 

Yes, HUSH- Very detached! ...You picked up only on what concerns you of what I said, but missed out on what I'm actually doing - My entire view point from the very beginning, has been pointing out how futile the arguments are and how arbitrary the rules are and how lax their enforcement has been on here...because they are still being posted, aren't they?

I enjoy reading both sides while adjoining to neither. I find the arguments quite entertaining, and I'm doing my part to keep them going

 

There we have it.....So of no consequence.

Hush....an alias

 

Then part of the question is, "What is porn? What is obscene?" One Supreme Court justice said he'd know it when eh saw it. Now simply seeing a nude photo of anyone under 18, for whatever reason, can be a crime. Hell, there are some women who can get me hard simply by my looking at a still photo of their face. But we're not dealing with any images here, it's all words and ideas.

How central is sex to the story? Many posted here are simple stroke stories, and aren't of much interest to me. I've followed "She Is The One" to it's new site, and recently a stretch of three chapters, containing almost 60k words, had one sex scene, as it's first most a story of teenagers in love, of relationships, and part of that is them having sex. If we know that Romeo and Juliet had sex, is it now obscene? If I relate a true story of how one time long ago an 11 year old told me how she had sex with a friend of mine, should that make me a criminal? Or make this site responsible for me saying what I just said?

I know there's the prurient interest - if the whole point is to get someone sexually satisfied (and for many stories here, that's the only point) then it's more likely to be porn. But then there are some of use who want to write a real story, telling how teenagers learn about, experience and deal with sexual issues, but we have to pretend that the subject doesn't exist.

I'm wondering if stories such as mine, She is the One and Being More Social were made into NC-17 movies, would the actors have to be 18+? The characters? Three or four years ago Magda Apanowicz, who was 18 or 19 at the time, played a 15 year old character on "Caprica" who was shown in a scene (without nudity) having intercourse. Ten years ago 14 year old Willa Holland played a promiscuous character of 14 on "The O.C."

 

My attitude to the 18+ rule was more or less "who cares" until it affected me. As I now note in my CAW entry, the idea I had involved me as a 14 year old boy. (Which as I note above, may not be anything illegal.) I had to alter the story to make the character 18, and it became a whole different story.

I have wondered about writing the story as I had the original idea, but I'm not sure if I'd publish it anywhere.

 

When I first joined, I didn't see the Rules link and since MANY stories published had minors involved in sex I thought, "How about a romance between two." Got the first part mostly done then saw the 18+ rule. Can't change the story because it's all based on them being...less than that and virgins to boot. How many 18 year old virgins are there? I know I wasn't, my wife wasn't and 'T' wasn't - matter of fact, among all my friends I can't find one who was still a virgin at 18. So while it might be set there for 'legal' reasons, virtually any story with virgins that follows the rule is unrealistic.

 

"How many 18 year old virgins are there?"

In my time and place, the majority as far as I know. I only knew one couple who were overtly sexually active in high school. I was an 18 year old virgin as were several of my earlier girlfriends.

 

Might be the place, but not the time. My part of the country, the kids weren't just active, they were VERY active.

 

I don't agree with your last statement, I lost my virginity on my 20's so a story that follows the rules is realistic.

 

I've pointed this one out on another thread but it relates to your post. As an author and a fan of science fiction stories clones are now against the rules. After all they aren't eighteen years old despite being fully grown.
Then you get into planets with different lengths of years. Or aliens with different life spans and growth cycles.

This helps to show how this could be restrictive to an author's creativity.

 

That last one - different lifespans. ST-Voyager stories featuring Kes would be illegal under the rules - the Ocampans only live 7 years, reach sexual maturity at 3.